A. H. WECKBACH,
DEALER IN
FANCY and STAPLE
GROCERIES
QUEENS WARE,
PLOUR and FEEB
ONE TIIIXU AM) ANOTliEH.
All Kinds of
VEG ETABLES
In Season.
FISH S
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
1LWAYS IX STOCK.
We are agents for the cele
brated DIAMOND MILLS
COFFEE
88.?: CITY BAKERY
WHERE YOU CAN (JET-
GOOD, FRESH BREAD
At iu? titne. Prompt atteutloa itfven to orJer
Agent ior Seven of the
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Best
GIVE ME A CALL.
Tri?ibonr 35.
Main Street.
SAM GUT & GO.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
DEALER? IX-
Pure Wines, Liquors
AND THE BEST CIGARS.
Sole Agents for the Celebrated
MILWAUKEE
Pabst Beer.
Delireriee maJe to any j&rt of the
city or shipped to acy place.
WM. NEVILLE,
RESIDENT MANAGER.
WATCH
OUT
Vhom you trui to cle&a or repair
your Watch !
- Some envious cold standard news-
papers are very uiuctt interested in the
question as to how Win. J . Bryan is
paid for his sneaking work iu behalf
of bimetallism. I lie Plattsmouth
Xews and its Nebraska City name
sake are bnsv inventing calumnies on
this score. The latter has learned
that Iih cot $100 for lecturing at Mex
ico. Mo., ''and hence had an overflow
meeting." Ordinary courtesy ought
to shut the mouths of these cavillers,
hut it don t. neeause a man is suc
cessful and can command the price of
10O for a lecture, it occurs to us,
ought to make it his private business
whether he gets that or some other
stun, or whether he gives his time and
expenses free, as he has done in uearly
every case, to our knowledge. These
couls of the press forget that Mr.
Bryan is poor, and ought to have the
privilege of earning a few dollars in
that way, just as a lawyer would in
the way of fees for trying a suit in
court. The newspapers named would
be better employed in trying to answer
some of Mr. Bryan's arguments on the
stiver question than in casting mean
rimes at his methods in his private af
JUNE jixgi.es.
Do you hear the ocean moaning.
Ever moaning ead an1 low
' Tis heouuse that fat oM bather
Stepped upon It? undertow.
University IIraM."
Her life Is an open hook:
Hut If one looks with rare,
He'll had a number of page stuck
Together here ami there.
Detroit Tribune.
Thi9 maddening strife
Makes many armtt ache;
The duller the knife,
The tougher the steak.
Alphonze Daudet is greatly im
pressed by the size of things in Lon
don. Everything, particularly the
Tower Bridge, seemed co'.ossal to liim,
and in comparison Paris appeared like
a delicate jewel. He went to England
with a detestation of the English race,
but now tinds himself "in spite of the
horrible eookery of big joints and tea,
which he could never bring himself to
like, completly broken in."
ine of this narrative went home, Jgot
pen, ink and paper, and wrote an an
swer to her lover. What did she say?
Why, woman-like she accepted him
and said she would be ready in a couple
of weeks.
A LOCAL WRITER COMPLIMENTED.
Mrs. Isabel Ilichey of Plattsmouth
has been highly honored in having
one of her poems published in a book
called "(Greatest Single Poems." The
book was published in New York but
a short time ago. Mrs. Itichey is the
urst real noet .Nebraska has ever
turned o.it. There have been many
who have written verse, and some have
written a bit once in a while that has
come very near poetry. but Mrs. Bichey
ha written the only exalted and truly
artistic poetry. The bay should be
placed upon her head as Nebraska's
poet. From the Lincoln Evening Call
March 1G,
A writer estimates that the news
paper publishers in the United States
speDd annually $17,000,000 for news.
There are .oi"),000 persons engaged up
on editorial woil; on daily and weekly
papers. The largest paper bill in the
United States is the New Yolk
World's, which amounts to (V70,0(iO
per annum, ine oriu aisoiopsine
list in the weekly composition bill,
which amounts to SG,000. The Boston
(lobe comes next with $4,100. The
World pays $315 a week for proof
reading, and the same is paid by the
Herald. Boston buys more paper in
proportion to population than any
other citv in America.
TEACHING
NEEDLEWORK.
Necessary
A Maryland jury has decided that
young woman is legally entitled to
break off her engagement with a young
man who "chews coffee to hide the
scent of liquor on his breath." The
jury is right. Cloves are cheap. They
have a more agreeable scent, and they
tre more en wriggle, as we rav in
French.
Without an occupation-
at out the crops.
-the croaker
IT WON'T PAY YOU
To employ an inexperienced amateur,
wlio may ruin our tlme-plcee.
E. C. JOHNSON
Is it u tt.-h-maker of X E.4 IIS" KXl'KR.
IK.NCH IN tZV KOFK AM) AMICKICA.
lie thoroughly understand every braneh
of hi business and WAKKANTS EVEKY
PIECE OF WORK HE TL'KNS OCT. Don't
f-harjre ar.y more than amateurs, either.
Hit'er see nim about that watch or clock,
iiiiiu'tyua
E. C. JOEL7JSON,
(Smith A; Parmele's Drug Store.)
SIO Main Street, - - I'luttnmouth, Neb.
Dr. Agnes Y. Swetland,
HOMEOPATH 1ST.
jrecitt! attention V Mtetriea, Diseases of
Woiaen and Woman's Surfer r.
OHice ; m TeSne Omaba, Neb
H. D. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at
Lav.
Y.'ILL PRACTICE IN A I.I. THE COURTS.
OFKICK'-ltooiiift 1 and 1. t'nlmi lU'k,
IPlattsmontli. - - - Neb.
Dr. Alfred Shipman,
Office in Riley Hotel,
Main Street entrance.
Telet-hone No. v". liemMenoe one Mock Bouth
of M. V. depot.
The Plattsmouth Mills,
C. S3EISEX. Prop.
This Milt tins heen rebuilt, and furnished with
Mr-;Uery of the best manufacture
in the world. Their
"PJansifter" Flour,
Has no Superior in America. OIts It
trial aiid he convinced.
DUOl'I'EI) OUT OF SIGHT
Judgti Adler. who recently figured
in a marriage ceremony with a lady
uamed Seibert, of Nebraska City, they
being wed after live days' acquaint
ance, has disappeared with his bride.
He occupied rooms over the state
Savings bank, lie gave out that he
came from Baltimore, where he had
been on the bench, but inquisitive per
sons received letteis from that city
that no such perewi as Judge Adler
was known there. Council Bluffs
Globe.
Some Colorado mines are turning
out gold at. a cost of L'5 and .;( cents
for every dollar, while in one mine it
only costs 4 cents to mine a dollar's
worth of cold. Nobody, however, tinds
fault with that; it is only silver miners
who are blamed for making money out
of their work.
A dispatch from Denver carries to
the cred'ilous people of the east the
interesting information that "western
Kansas is under, from one to three
feet of water, that lies on the flat
praii ie like a lake, extending for miles
as tar as the eye can reach from the
trains of the llock Island. " At Ak
ron, on the Burlington, it repre
senced there is "two feet of water on
the prairie," but after all, the farmers
are not discouraged, but are out
"planting in the storm " That means,
of course, that they are casting their
bread upon the waters, following the
fashion of the planters along the val
ley of the Nile. What the people of
the plains need more than anything
else is a press censorship authorized to
cut oft the heads of the special cor
respondents who make it their busi
ness to send out grotesque stories
abjut this part of the west. State
.Journal.
If aldermen of Chicago are shocked
by the appearance of bloomers, we
should advise a nerve tonic. And, if
an ordinance is necessaty, let the men
of Chicago be forbidden to stare and
jeer at the bloomer-costumed bicycli-
ennes. We may admit that the trous
ers are innovations, but are we not al
ways suffering from innovation of the
same sort? Woman's fashions are very
iPt to be outlandish and ugly on
first appearance, but we get used to
them and in time admire them for
what they contain. We first endure,
then pity, then embrace. There are
hundreds of young women in this city,
and we presume in other cities, who
would gladly adopt the bloomer cos
tume for bicycling, but they are
afraiil of criticisms and taunts of
thoughtless men. We expect, however,
that they will per.-it in ?qite of all
contumely. It is none of ihe meu's
business. Fx.
The Lincoln correspondent of the
Omaha Bee says: "liumor was cur
rent on the street todav that Hon.
John V.. Watson of Nebraska Citv.
state senator from Otoe county, had
been appointed general attorney for
the Flkhorn system of railroads, to
succeed fienfral Ilawley, deceased
The amount cf salary which he was to
receive varied from $0,000 to f 10,000
rer annum." As Mr. Watson was not
at home the above rumor could not be
athrmed or denied.
Subset ibe for the Weekly Joui:-
XA I. SI per year, if paid in advance.
Watt can nod Sack-Hack Coat.
Most new lasmons wmen snow a
radical change from long-established
modes meet as a rule with extreme op
position from the majority, yet many of
these very fashions finally win then
way to popular favor by sheer force of
insistence. Scores of derisive adjectlvet
have been applied to the atteau and
aack-back coats, but it appears that thj
feelings of many of those who expressed
n adverse opinion of them have under
gone something more man mouiii ca
tion, and the sack-back and the Wat
tcau models are actually looming "up in
quite general favor. This can in a way
be accounted for. There are certain
articles of apparel that, for elegance and
fitness, are almost entirely dependent
on contemporary fashions. The trained
skirt was a necessary adjunct to the
new coat. Still advice is given to any
woman whose stature is under live feet
three inches to avoid it. N. Y. Post.
"yhen Baby was slcfc, we pave tier Castorla.
"'Ateo ehe waa a ChCJ, aha cried for Castorla.
VThen'sh became Miaa, she clung to Castorla.
XYhcn the Lad Children, she gave theia Catorta.
An exchange tells of a girl in a dis
tant town with four married sisters,
who received a proposal a abort time
ago. She asked for a month to think
it over and during that time went to
see all of ht-r married sisters. One
who used to be a belle had five children
did all her own work and had not been
to a theater or out riding since she
was married. Another whose husband
was a promising young man at the
time she vas married, was supporting
I him by taking in sewing. A third did
not dare to say her soul was her own
" , .7 , ! th ruck would not break off, but would
the fourth had been compelled to ob- J wear away UI)J orm a rapids In any
tain a divoice on the ground of drunk-' case, if the falls should recede to Lako
jennets aud cruelty. After visitiug Ciie, at the present rate it would take
j them and hearing their woes, the hero- fct twenty thousand ycara.
Cheap Fruit Cake One cup of but
ter, one of brown sugar, .half pint of
molasses, two eggs, one cup of sou
milk, one teaspoonf nl of soda, one pound
of flour, one of currants, one and a half
of raisins, one teaspoonf ul of cinnamon,
half teaspxnful each of cloves and all
npice. Hake in a slow oven. This La
excellent. Detroit Free Press.
No fewer than 12.000.000 acres ot
barren kind have been made fruitful in
the Saha-a desert, an enterprise, repre
senting jK-rhaps the most remarkable
example of irrigation by means of
artesian wells whieh can any where be
found. Algeria owes to this method of
cultivation that it is boeoiniug a most
important wine-prodnoing eountry, u
may be gauged from the fact that it
ient to France in 1BS0 10.000.000 gallons.
Ifco l.i!e f N5a.-ra.
Concerning the wearing away of Nl
agara Fuiln, Prof. Lf Con:;: tays: The
upper stratum of ro.:k is Niagara linie
sbeixe, a liartl rock, but beneath it is a
stratum of shale-. It is the slow under
muing of this shale that causes the lime
stone to break oiF from year to year
uud the falls to recede. They are reced
ing now at the rate of three or four
feet a year. What will be the final re
sult? They may go back to the lake,
but the limestone is growing thicker
and thicker and ma' finally extend to
the bottom of the fa'.la. In that ease
m.n Art 1 liat jm ow ee:rt
Ever.
It has sometimes been said that nee
dle work has become one of the lost
.rts. Soon after the inventus of the
machine it was confidently predicted
that machine work would eventually
supersede the needle. But while the in
vention, the greatest boon that inven-
i tive skill has ever given to toiling
womanhood, is not for a moment to bft
underrated, it has simply leen proved
to be simply an adjunct to needlework,
not a substitute for it. It is just as w
Mntial to-day that a child should "bo
trained to fell, hem and gusset work, as
it was the day Elias Howe conceived his
Idea of the machine. The machine is
all the more valuable, now that we have
found out what its limitations are and
how to mako the best use of it. Men
are no louger called upon to rack their
brains to inveni new hemmers or fell
ers, when people co longer Want ma
chine hems or machine fells.
The old-fashioned hand fell is quite
generally superseded, however, by the
fcoft French bag-seam, which washes
well and does not become hard and yel
low with wear, and may be done by the
machine. A great many ladies who
have their work done in the daintest
manner prefer a Neatly-whipped seam
to either a fell or bag seam. It seems
to us that the old-fashioned running
Hitch by whieh tucks were made is no
longer of any use, as the machine-stitching
is more quickly done and strauger
and better than any running stitch ean
be. In short, all seams if properly put
In by a machine are the stronger and
letter for it. Ilems, however, should
fclwarsbedone by hand and it is a piece oi
vulgarity to put on with a machine stitct
lace or any trimming which is not
nroperly laid in place with a seam.
Lace should be whipped on and flat
trimmings, like passementerie, bands
of velvet or riblonf should be put on
with blind stiudies. The art of the
dressmaker and seamstress is no less an
art now than it was before we had the
machines.
It is a duty of every mother to trab
her little daughters as thoroughly a
the German mother docs in all the es
sentials of fine needlework, more es
pecially in hemming, overcasting seam
and other work which can not be done
well by a machine. As soon as the
child is able to use her hands, while she
is yet counted in babyhood, she should
be given a prattj' little work
bag and thimble and bright bit
of cotton and silk to U-arn the
overcast seam. Little German girls of
four or five years sometimes do mar
vellous work with the needle. Hut the
tiny toddler's first efforts are likely to
be more play than work, and the re
cults may be crude and erratic. Never
theless, it is her small discipline, her
tittle store added to a workaday world,
and she i quite likely to take a great
deal of satisfaction from it.
When she has learned to do her over
casting seam well, she may be taught to
run and to hem, and finally arrive at
the honor of making a whole dress for
her doll. Her work should not be neg
lected, but bo done regularly and a
certain length of time each day should
be df voted to it. . . Tribuna.
Gorder & Son.
THE OLD RELIABLE . . .
. . . IMPLEMENT DEALERS,
Offer Special MONEY-SAVING BARGAINS for the Spring
Trade which the opposition cannot touch. Particular
attention is directed to
Our New . . .
Moline Drill-Drop
Planter,
rNew Departure"Tongueless P. ,4-!fonri
.... And Janesville DISC UUIll VCUUI O
THESE IMPLEMENTS CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
In the Harness Line . . .
We are, as ever, in the lead. We are still making the same
line of hand-made Work Harness which gave such excellent
satisfaction last year. Our Light Harness is vastly superior
in quality to the factory-made stuff and the price is lower
than ever. Kindly remember that we use nothing but the
Genuine, old-fashioned, OAK-TANNED LEATHER.
WE GUARANTEE to save you money on good quality Wagons,
Buggies and Spring Wagons. Call and be convinced.
5og MAIN STREET,
At.
: PLATTSMOUTH.
What More Could You Ask ?
PEARLMAN,
The House Furnisher,
Offers to buyers the chance to secure the VERY
BEST in his line which the market affords, and
AT PRICES WHICH ABSOLUTELY DEFY
COMPETITION.
Til E fact that my stock is the Biggest and Best in all
Cass county, deserves the attention of people desiring
something in the FURNITURE line. The three floors of
my store building are full to overflowing with new goods,
and everything goes at "depression" prices. Call and see
for yourself.
I. PEARLMAN, The House Furnisher,
Opposite Court House, Plattsmouth.
CRUEL MOTHERS-IN-LAW.
!S5Wmwmmmmy?mwro?k
riir Kslkt Only iu India, but They
Ull-t There, urn! No Mlitakr.
One hundred aud forty years ago a
iVnguli Ket aiic of the love of Vidva
and Sundara. His work is a mine of
information on some of the social cus
toms of our count ry in his time. In a
certain scene he describes a number of
Hindu women bew ailing their miseries
in domestic life. One curses her fate as
the victim of a ''tigress mother-in-law"
and of a cruel nanada (husband's sis
teri.
The great prevalence of the mother-in-law's
persecutions uovadas has ob
tained for sucb a one the sobriquet of
Houkautki, or the tormentor of a
daughter-in-law.
We have indeed angelic mothers-in-law,
more motherly than natural
mothers, but their existence by its con
trast exhibits their opposites in the most
horrid colors. In the cottages of tha
ptxr, as well as the mansions of the
rich, these monsters pki3' unmolested
their devilish pranks with their sons'
wives, among whom some become
inured to them, some bicker and others of
n sensitive and delicate nature succumb.
Thedaih'routineof such tortures, which
relates to food, raiment, bedding, bath
and toilet, domestic service, company
of husband and near relatives, and take
the shape of angry and foul vitupera
tions, is not much noticed. It becomes
only the subject of gossip of neighbor
ing families and of lamentations by her
paternal relations. It is only when the
conduct of a IJoukautki culminates in
serious acts of violation, mutilations,
homicide or murder, or when it leada
to suicide, that in rare instances it
comes to public notice and under the
cognizance of law.
Lately criminal courts in the town
and Mofussil have recorded cases oi
conviction in which wives, for the most
trivial faults, had been seriously in
jured or murdered by their husband
and mother-in-law. Indian Xews.
2
Carpets and Rugs.
For the Spring Trade we
have replenished our Stock
of Carpets and Rugs at prices
to tempt anyone needing
goods in this line.
Avery inou m n.uig,
'Tro seen royalty in almost every sit
uation in which the public is permitted
lo gaze on it," said a veteran globe-trot
ter, "and the most impressive sifrht I
ever saw I think was the czar of liussia
at a court reception. The courtiers con
veyed every mode of expression, by
word and gesture, their respect and
veneration for their ruler. He Beemed
to fully appreciate it. He stood unmoved
through all these demonstrations of
loyalty and fealty. lie seemed to fully
realize the fact that he held absolute
power of life and death over millions of
people, I do not think I could meet
another man so manifestly conscious of
his own authority and power and so en
tirely careless of others." Chicago
Post.
For Uli Owi Hood.
'Will you marry me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"because I am afraid I lova you,
Chlcuco Newa Record.
C2
CD
We Have the Stock
To select from in Cotton
Chain 2-pIys, all Wool 2
plys, all Wool 3-pIys, Body
Brussels and Moquettes.
Our Rugs are well select
ed and lower than ever in
prices.
r LACE CURTAINS,
B POLES and FIXTURES
and WINDOW SHADES.
Newest Goods at
Hard-Times Prices.
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